My father is a Confucian sage, but the system forces me to be a crude warrior

Chapter 366 Bai Ziqing, why don't you just admit it? We'll each take half the credit.

As Zeng Anmin asked the question, Bai Ziqing spread his hands:
“I don’t know either, so I ruled out the eldest princess.”

"continue."

Zeng Anmin rolled his eyes at him.

"Then there are the East and West Supervisors of the Imperial City Guard."

"They are also well-known fourth-rank masters in the capital, but they all have solid alibis."

As Bai Ziqing said this, a hint of hesitation flashed across his face.

Zeng Anmin keenly noticed his hesitation.

"and then?"

"And then it's my turn." Bai Ziqing's expression was very serious:
"I've been stuck at the fourth rank for over ten years, and I'm already at the peak of the fourth rank martial artist, just one step away from the third rank martial artist."

"If I were to truly face Xiang Wangxian, I am confident that I could decide his fate within ten moves."

"No, bro, we're solving a case right now, not listening to you brag." Zeng Anmin's lips twitched speechlessly.

He glared at Bai Ziqing and said:
"I want to hear the case analysis."

“The case analysis is…” Bai Ziqing paused for a moment, then hesitated before saying, “I am a strong suspect.”

? ?
what?
Zeng Anmin looked confused.

Not my brother.

Are you messing with me?

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Anmin stared at Bai Ziqing's face.

"I am now a major suspect in the Xiang Wangxian case."

"I have no alibi."

Bai Ziqing hesitated for a moment: "And that night I happened to leave home and go to the capital..."

"Most importantly, the time I spent back home after leaving the capital coincided with the time when Xiang Wangxian was fighting the murderer."

"And most importantly..." Bai Ziqing touched his head and tugged at his hair:
"Xiang Wangxian investigated a case before he died, and the murderer was someone from my Bai family."

"What case?"

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes slightly.

He looked toward Bai Ziqing.

"This case has been closed."

Bai Ziqing hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke:

"It's a case involving a collateral branch of my Bai family, a man named Bai Zihua, who is involved in human trafficking."

"Because the last child Bai Zihua abducted before his arrest was a child born out of wedlock to the Xiang family, Xiang Donglai had been investigating this case. Before his death, he had already focused his attention on Bai Zihua."

"Bai Zihua's arrest was due to my arrest of him."

Bai Ziqing looked calmly at Zeng Anmin and said:

“When I was investigating Xiang Wangxian’s case, I noticed this case and then followed the clues left by Xiang Wangxian to arrest Bai Zihua.”

"Is this the person you were talking about, the one who gives you a headache?"

Zeng Anmin keenly sensed the person Bai Ziqing had mentioned who was causing him a headache.

"Ah."

Bai Ziqing took a deep breath: "Bai Zihua is, after all, a member of the Bai family."

Not buddy.

Zeng Anmin stared at Bai Ziqing for a long time.

He then slowly said, "If I hadn't actually been with Tiantian, based on the clues you just mentioned, I would have suspected that you killed Xiang Wangxian."

"And more importantly... that Bai Zihua."

"You suspect he's a pawn discarded by the Bai family, right?" Bai Ziqing gave a bitter smile and looked at Zeng Anmin.

"You're not the only one with these suspicions; the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review are also investigating this matter."

"But because of my cousin, they had a hard time getting involved, so the case has been stalled."

Bai Ziqing shrugged: "I am actually the best person to investigate this case, but because I am also a major suspect, no one can investigate this case for the time being."

"And then it just sat there, drying..."

Zeng Anmin looked at Bai Ziqing. "Yes." Bai Ziqing looked at Zeng Anmin frankly and said, "Bai Zihua is involved in human trafficking, and the chain of evidence has formed a closed loop."

“When I arrested him, some people in my family disagreed, but I didn’t soften my heart.”

Bai Ziqing took a deep breath: "Because of this case, I even went to the palace to see my cousin. She personally asked me to arrest the person."

"Oh."

Zeng Anmin's brows furrowed tightly.

I initially thought Xiang Wangxian's case was just a simple murder case.

Little did I know that so many things were involved.

"Bai Zihua..."

Zeng Anmin murmured the name slowly.

"The Bai family, the Xiang family, the human trafficking case, the Xiang Wangxian case..."

"If we follow the clues you've uncovered, then the sequence of events should be..."

“Some members of the Bai family were involved in human trafficking, and they happened to end up in the Xiang family.”

"Then the Xiang family turned to Xiang Wangxian, who was of the same clan, for help."

"Xiang Wangxian, as the Southern Supervisor of the Imperial City Guard, was naturally angered upon hearing about this case and began to investigate it."

"This investigation led to Bai Zihua... Of course, if this case is linked to the death of Xiang Wangxian, then the Bai family member who trafficked people may not be Bai Zihua; he may just be a scapegoat pushed out by the Bai family."

"Therefore, it is highly likely that a direct descendant of the Bai family was involved in human trafficking."

"Xiang Wang found out first."

"As the Bai family is the Empress's clan, they were afraid that this case would implicate the Empress, so they took a two-pronged approach."

"On one hand, they pushed Bai Zihua, a scapegoat from a collateral branch of the family, and on the other hand, they ordered someone to kill Xiang Wangxian."

"And within the Bai family, there is someone capable of killing Xiang Wangxian."

"That person is you, Bai Ziqing."

"Moreover, you happened to go to the capital on the night Xiang Wangxian died... and you happened to return to the Bai family after his death."

Zeng Anmin looked at Bai Ziqing with a deep gaze:
"Damn it, should we continue investigating?"

……

Bai Ziqing fell silent.

In just a short while, Zeng Anmin had sorted out the case he had been investigating for half a month with perfect clarity.

"If that's the case, then it really is me."

After a moment of silence, Bai Ziqing looked at Zeng Anmin with an extremely serious expression:
"But damn it, I'm not the murderer!"

"I went to the capital that night because His Majesty summoned me."

"We didn't encounter Xiang Wangxian at all along the way, let alone kill him?"

"Where's the evidence?" Zeng Anmin stared at Bai Ziqing:
"Who knows if His Majesty summoned you, and after you left the capital, you happened to run into Xiang Wangxian and killed him?"

"This……"

Bai Ziqing shut his mouth, and then his face turned dejected.

Clearly, Zeng Anbian's words left him speechless.

"Let's look at the case file first."

He pointed to the pile of documents on the table.

"Tsk."

Zeng Anmin raised an eyebrow and glanced at Bai Ziqing, saying, "Why don't you just admit it? Anyway, even if you do admit it, with the Bai family's influence, keeping you alive shouldn't be a problem."

"Get out of here!"

Bai Ziqing glared at Zeng Anmin: "I didn't kill him at all, why should I admit it?"

Zeng Anmin gave Bai Ziqing a deep look:

"To cover up human trafficking cases."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ziqing's expression changed slightly.

He stared at Zeng Anmin for a long time, then sat down listlessly.

"As expected, Bai Zihua is just a scapegoat, isn't he?"

(End of this chapter)